Brandt v



(No Model.)

B. v. B. DIXON. CHILD'S CARRIAGE.

' Patented Apr, 1, 1884;

N. PETERS. Phoo-Lilhogmphur, Walhinglun, D c.

UNITED STATES.

' PATENT Qrrucn.

BRANDT v.12. DIXOl\ l,OF s1. ouis, MISSOURI. Assrenon or ONE-HALF TO.AMOS F. HOFFER AND JOHN H. LAWRENOE,BOTH or SAME PLACE;

CHILDiS' CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forminapart of Letters Patent No. 296,149, dated April 1,1884:.

Application filed December 14, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, BRANDT V. B. DIXON, of St. Louis, Missouri, havemade a new and useful Improvement in Childrens Carriages, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a view in perspective of a car'- riage-body having theimprovement; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the body, thesection being? just within the near side piece of the movable head orend; Fig. 3, a similar sec]- tion, the end being turned up; Fig. 4, asection on the line 4 4. of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a section on the line 5 5 ofFig. 2; and Fig. 6 a vertical section showing the clamp in position. Thelast three named views are upon an enlarged scale.

. The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

This invention is an improvement in that class of childrens carriageswhich have the head or end of the carriage-body movable, to be turned ordown, asdesired.

The improvement relates to the mode of constructing and attaching themovable parts, to the adjustable head-board, which, when down, closesthe end of the body, and to the means for bracing and tying the headboard, and to the combination of the various parts.

A represents the body of a childs carriage having the improvement inquestion. Aside from its improved features, the body may be of any ofthe usual descriptions. T The movable portion of i the bodyconsists ofthe part B, which is hinged at b b to the main portion of thecarriage-body, of the part 0, which is hinged at 0 c to the part B, andof the side pieces, D D, which are secured to and move with the part B.This movable portion is adapted to be turned upon the hinges b b upwardinto the position shown in Figs. 1, 3, or turned downward into theposition shown in Fig. 2. When it is upturned, the parts B 0 form theend of the carriagebody, and constitute a back against which the childmay rest. \Vhen the movable portion isturned down, the part 0 forms theend board of the carriage-body. The movable por ion of the body can besecured in either of the positions described, or

in any intermediate position, in the following manner: l

The sides E E of the carriage-body are extended or constructed so as toforma curved edge, e 6. These edges e e correspond in shape and coincidewith the general curvature of the edges-d d of the side pieces, D D. Theedges d d are notched, waved, corrugated, or scalloped, substantially asshown. A clamp, F, consisting of the brackets f and the setscrew f, isattached to each of the parts E E, as indicated in Fig. 1. The point ofthe set-screw f is adapted to be screwed down upon the waved edge d ofthe side piece, D, and, by tightening the se -screw against the edge d,the side piece, D, is locked. Therefore, to operate the improvement, theset-screws f are loosened and the movable portion of the carriage-bodyturned upward or downward, as desired, and when in the desired positionthe set-screws are tightened.

The parts G G are used both as a brace and as a tie. They consist ofrods j ointed at g g to the fixed portion of the carriage-body, and at gg to 7 the head-board G. In the upright position of the movable portionshown in Figs. 1, 3, they serve more especially as braces to support theparts B O, and to more effectually support the 1 part 0 the braces at gg are shaped to form an extended bearing against the head-board C. Whenthe movable portion of the carriagebody is turned down, as in Fig. 2,the parts G Gserve to tie the head board O. The parts G G also serve toturn the board 0 properly 8 5 into position as the movable portion ofthe body is turned upward and downward. The side pieces, DD, at d d, areshapedto enable the board 0 to be turned upward against them, andthereby close the body at its corners, when the 0 movable portion ofthebody isturned down. The preferable modes of connecting the bars G Gwith the head'board G and the fixed portion of the carriage-body areshown in Figs. 4 and -5, respectively. The side pieces, D D,. serve alsoto close the sides of the body when the movable portion is turned down.

I claim- 1. The combination of the part B, the part Gandthe rods G Gwiththe fixed part of the carriage-bod A.

2. The combination of the part B, the part C, the side pieces, D D, andthe rods G Gwith sides E E, having the parts 6 e, the clamps F' thefixed part of the carriage-body A, as de- F, and the rods G G, asdescribed. 1o scribed. Witness my hand this 10th December, 1883.

3. The combination in the cmria e-body A, of the hinged part 0 and therods i G, as BRANDT DIXON described. \Vitnesses:

4. The combination, in the carriage-body G. D. MOODY,

' A, of the parts B O, the side pieces, D D, the A. M. SULLIVAN.

